Examining relations among hydrology, carbon, and important catchment characteristics in lakes and rivers of Old Crow Flats, Yukon

• Main Author: Pearce, Michelle
• Other Authors: Department of Earth Sciences
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Brock University 2023
• Subjects: carbon concentrations; thermokarst lakes; permafrost; water isotope tracers; stable carbon isotopes; Yukon; Old Crow Flats; Gwitchin; Ice; Old Crow; Thermokarst
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10464/17805

Northern ice- and lake-rich permafrost regions are experiencing changing climate conditions, such as increased precipitation, that have led to various landscape changes (e.g., enhanced hydrological connectivity, catastrophic lake drainage, increased shrub vegetation). These landscape disturbances ma...